Hazel Cottage, Ambleside Road, Windermere, LA23 1AX

Hazel Cottage is a detached house in Windermere (LA23 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1359 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2004–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 sits 63.9% above the 2007 sale of £249,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 126 m² it sits well below the postcode median (191 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).